Jacksonville News (Page 259)

The City of Jacksonville hosted the first of two informational sessions for faith leaders and their communities on Monday night. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, along with the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security were there to offer information on religious hate crimes and laws and how to deal withContinue Reading

Body camera video released on Monday shows the moments when Jacksonville police shot and killed a man outside a Jacksonville shopping plaza. Family members identified the man who died as Randy Sharpe, 30. RELATED: Man shot, killed by Jacksonville police after they say he fired gun in parking lot, thenContinue Reading

A large sailboat ran aground in Jacksonville Beach on Monday. The Coast Guard said the captain of the 40-foot sailboat called and said the vessel was disabled and he was grounded in the shallows of Jacksonville Beach. The owner called a private tow company but it will have to waitContinue Reading

A year after an unresponsive four-month-old baby was pronounced dead at Flagler Hospital, a woman presumed to be the child’s mother has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter. Sherrell Proctor, 34, was booked into the St. Johns County Jail early Monday morning after she was arrested on a first-degreeContinue Reading

Temperatures this afternoon are topping out in the upper 70s to 80s inland with breeze easterly winds. Rip current risk has increased to a  ‘high risk’ due to the gusty easterly winds between 10-15 gusting at 25. Tomorrow: Morning temperatures will drop to the mid-60s under mostly to partly cloudyContinue Reading

Luckily, no one was hurt when a parking garage at Ascension St. Vincent’s hospital in Riverside partially collapsed last month. But in the minutes after the disaster, rescue crews didn’t know that. First responders who showed up after the collapse of the top floor of a three-story parking garage didn’tContinue Reading

The family of a 19-year-old hit and killed while walking on Interstate 95 is looking for answers after they said the circumstances surrounding his death don’t add up. The 19-year-old was identified as Tirrell Wiley, who according to the family had Down syndrome. The family said he loved to danceContinue Reading

Federal, state and local election officials are working to make America trust our elections now and in 2024. Voters can expect to hear a lot about this effort in the coming months, as they try to debunk election lies and misinformation. “Just as much as I need to prove toContinue Reading

Tenants renting a space at Infinity Salon Suites on the Southside say they are stuck in limbo after the business owner was evicted from the property. This means hair stylists are without their tools and supplies, some can’t even serve their clients. Some tell News4JAX they have thousands of dollarsContinue Reading